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Chinese dancer Wu Yufei is preparing to take the stage at the America’s Got Talent final with four humanoid robots from Chinese company Unitree. The team combines dance routines with kung fu moves, while the robots also perform flips and other acrobatic moves. Wu says the machines can learn choreography extremely quickly, but humans still have an advantage when it comes to adapting to unexpected changes during a performance. After months of training, he says he has developed a sense of “team spirit” with the robots.

Greece’s deputy minister for foreign affairs has advocated for a bigger EU budget and joint debt in targeted sectors to address “unprecedented technological and industrial transformation” in one of the most “turbulent” times for Europe, ahead of ministerial talks on the bloc’s long-term budget on Tuesday. The talks have so far seen a deep divide between wealthy northern states calling to slash the proposed budget, and a larger group of member states, including Greece, who want increased resources to fund priorities. Tasos Chatzivasileiou told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today that the issue is not “who contributes and who receives”…

Published on 22/09/2026 – 23:13 GMT+2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Kyiv and Washington want to see the war in Ukraine end “before winter” following what he described as a “positive” meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump. Zelenskyy and Trump met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, where the Ukrainian leader said they had discussed potentially “de-escalatory steps that can open up the way to diplomacy.” “I just had a positive and productive meeting with President Trump,” he wrote in a post on social media. “Both the U.S. and…

Jorge Palma, one of the most influential singers, songwriters and composers in contemporary Portuguese music, died on Monday at the age of 76 in physical years, even if metaphorically he had lived more than a hundred thousand, as he sang on Encosta-te a mim, a track from the 2007 album Voo Nocturno. The music video, in which Palma appears surrounded by lifelong friends and recent companions, will live on. Palma may have left us, but his songs will forever be part of Portuguese culture and soul. On Estróina, a track on his most recent album, Vida (2023), he sings: “Whoever…

“Ultimately, I’m less fussed about what we end up calling it. I’m more fussed about that we have initiatives that are really going to drive prosperity, economic security, and a range of things moving forward,” he said. The EU and Canada are in the process of identifying areas to upgrade their partnership, including critical raw materials, AI, research and innovation. Asked when those deals could be signed, Wilkinson said they would be coming “pretty soon,” with several planned for the joint EU–Canada summit in October. “This is not something that you commit to do, and it’s five years later. This…

Published on 22/09/2026 – 15:41 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to rule out including a pledge to rejoin the European Union in Labour’s next election manifesto, according to UK media reports. Burnham, who has been in office since late July, made the comments to reporters as he was travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week. Asked whether he could rule out such a promise in a manifesto, Burnham was quoted as saying questions about rejoining the bloc were “for another day” and that his current focus remained a long-awaited UK/EU summit – which…

Hundreds of artists and performing arts students protested outside Colombia’s Ministry of Cultures in Bogotá, using music, dance, puppets and giant banners to voice their opposition to government budget cuts. The government has proposed reducing the ministry’s 2027 budget by nearly 30%, while the National Incentives Program’s awards and recognitions have been suspended for 2026. Protesters are demanding the release of funding and greater support for the cultural sector.

“We should go beyond that. On some issues, I think that they [the far right] are relatively sane. On some other issues, there’s insanity,” he added, while insisting a majority of votes in Parliament will involve the mainstream parties. Since the 2024 EU election, the EPP has repeatedly passed legislation with support from right-wing and far-right groups, particularly on migration and green policy — topics where the centrist groups have the widest gaps between them — sidelining its traditional centrist and center-left partners.  Liberals and Social Democrats are now pushing for binding, coalition-style commitments among the three centrist forces to prevent…

A fake photo circulating online of two alleged Israeli passports belonging to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, allegedly shows that the Ukrainian president and his family have chosen Israel as their homeland instead of Ukraine. The Facebook post was published at the beginning of September alongside the caption: “You can twist it any way you like, but we always come back to the same point: Zelenskyy and his family have a homeland of choice that inspires, protects and supports him in everything he does, and that homeland is certainly not Ukraine. This is common knowledge, just as it…

Published on 22/09/2026 – 22:09 GMT+2 Typhoon Dujuan left at least four people dead and 22 injured in Japan, while thousands of houses near Tokyo were without power after the storm swept through the region, authorities said on Tuesday. Officials warned that the death toll may continue to rise as six people remain missing, noting that search and rescue operations were underway to locate them. The typhoon moved away from Japan’s coast and out into the Pacific by the morning, allowing authorities to lift or downgrade most heavy rain and landslide warnings. Dujuan had already led to the early closure…